Carmela Corbett

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Biography

Carmela was born in London to an English Father and American Mother. She was educated at the artistically inclined Bedales school in Hampshire UK.

In 2009 she went on to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute NYC, followed by The Juilliard School, and is a member of group 41.

She initially moved to Los Angeles in 2012 after graduating Juilliard to audition for Film and Television work, however she began her time there doing back to back theatre work with South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa and the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles. Read more... Brian Dennehy in The Steward Of Christendom by Sebastian Barry and Orson Bean in Noah Haidle's Smokefall.

In 2015 Carmela realized one of her dreams to appear in the critically acclaimed period drama Mad Men. She can be seen in the episode entitled 'Severance' directed by Scott Hornbacher and alongside Jon Hamm and John Slattery.

Carmela is also a writer with two short films, Selah and Her Majesty, to be released by late 2015. Her children's book, The adventures of Benji the rescue dog, based on her experiences with Los Angeles shelter animals, is in development and the first in a series.

Carmela is also a singer and songwriter having performed at many venues around London and Los Angeles. After acting her great love is Jazz.

She is represented globally by ICM Partners and divides her time between Los Angeles, New York and London.